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in the direction of its length, which I wish to
exhibit to Dr. [Doctor] Anderson.

[Margin] Unnoted.

On the summit of a bluff which overlooks the
high road to the E. [East] of the gamekeeper's house
at East Kinnauld, one mile E. [East] of Rogart station
are the ruins of what appears to have been
a fort, though the remains in the interior
of the defences show measurements identical
with a broch, viz. walls 12' to 15' in thickness
and an interior diameter of 31'. Beyond
the measurements, however, there are no
suggestive details. The summit which
measures about 126' from N to S. [North to South] by about
96' from E to W. [East to West] & has been enclosed by a
wall about 6'-7' in thickness now entirely dilapi:
:dated. On the E [East] slope about 1/2 way up
is a shoulder or terrace some 90' long x 30'
wide and above this the defences have
been supplemented by an extra wall 7'
thick, still for a short distance showing its outer
& inner faces. Within these defences is the
inner enclosure above referred to. The
approach appears to have wound upwards
from the S [South] end of the shoulder passing
diagonally through the outer wall towards
the N [North] then turning sharply to the SW. [South West] past

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